Oct 28 Watch Winter coming, displaced families fleeing Islamic State must improvise basic shelter By PBS News Hour In cities across the north of Iraq, thousands of displaced families who have fled the Islamic State don't have even the walls of a tent. Special correspondent Jane Arraf reports from Iraq, where the approaching winter could be as deadly… Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch News Wrap: U.S., British forces leave Afghan military base after 13 years By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, American and British troops were airlifted from a major military base in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, closing the facility after 13 years of use. Also, a suicide bombing in central Iraq killed at least 24 people,… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch 8:44 Panetta: Time of unprecedented threat calls for debate on leadership By PBS News Hour Leon Panetta was involved in the war on terror, the assassination of Osama bin Laden and the wind-down of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now the former CIA director and defense secretary is out with a memoir that has… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch U.S. and Afghanistan sign security agreement as new leadership takes over - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch Understanding the U.S. security agreement with Afghanistan - Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch News Wrap: Kabul suicide attack darkens Afghan presidential inauguration By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch News Wrap: Syrian fighter jet shot down by Israel By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Israel shot down a Syrian fighter jet. According to the Israeli defense minister, the plane entered the Israeli airspace over the Golan Heights. The crew escaped and landed in Syrian territory. Also, the CDC warned… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch Will Afghanistan's power-sharing deal last? By PBS News Hour After more than a year, two rounds of voting and a bitterly contested audit of votes, Ashraf Ghani has been named president-elect, while his opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, has agreed to share power, presumably in a newly created executive CEO position. Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch News Wrap: Head of African terror group, Al Shabaab is dead By PBS News Hour In our News Wrap Friday, the Pentagon confirmed the death of the leader of the African terror group, Al Shabaab. Also, flash floods and landslides have killed at least 116 in eastern Pakistan and Kashmir. And the third American aid… Continue watching
Sep 05 Miscommunication blamed for deadly U.S. mistake in Afghanistan By Robert Burns, Associated Press Avoidable miscommunication between U.S. air and ground forces led to a "friendly fire" incident in Afghanistan that killed five U.S. soldiers and one Afghan in June, according to a military investigation report. Continue reading